«Umlingo njenge Iminyaka eyikhulu yedwa, kushube ngathi Indlu Yemimoya, njengesikhumbuzo U-Ana Karenina«
Inoveli ekwazi ukufingqa izici ze UGabriel García Márquez, of Isabel Allende futhi of UTolstoy, ikhomba izinhlamvu ezitholakala emhlabeni wonke. Futhi iqiniso ukuthi ukufeza lokho kuphumelela inoveli isivele iqala emakhasini angaphezu kwenkulungwane. Yebo, angeke kube lula ukuhlanganisa inoveli eyodwa inkomba ekhuthazayo yohlelo lokuqala.
Umbuzo uwukucacisa uma isethulo esiqhumayo ekugcineni sihambisana nomsebenzi walo mbhali osemncane waseJalimane ...
Ayikho into engcono njengokwenza umsebenzi oqotho wokuzihlola ukuze uzame ukuxoxa indaba ngezizathu. Imvelaphi yomlobi uqobo lwaseGeorgia isebenza ukuthola uhlobo lwentambo yesikhashana ekude lapho konke kungavunyelwa khona, noma sekwedlule ikhulu leminyaka. Phakathi komthwalo wofuzo, icala kanye nokudluliswa kwezicucu zomphefumulo zisuka kwesinye isizukulwane ziye kwesinye sithola ukondliwa okulandisayo. Ngoba iningi lethu sakhiwe ngamanzi ezinto eziphilayo kanye nesikhathi esedlule kukho konke okunye. Ngakho-ke lapho sithola inoveli echaza izizathu zokuba ngumuntu, sigcina sixhuma nezethu izizathu.
Futhi mhlawumbe yingakho le noveli iqhathaniswa nezinye emlandweni wezincwadi zomhlaba jikelele ngokuya ngezindlela ezahlukahlukene zokubonisa ubuqiniso, kusuka kakhulu phansi kuya emhlabeni kuya komlingo ohambisana noGabo.
Sasuka eGeorgia ngo-1917, ngaphambi kokuba idliwe yiSoviet Union. Lapho sihlangana no-Stasia, owesifazane onamaphupho aphukile nothando olwaphulwa uguquko olwaluzophela eRiphabhulikhi.
Sabe sesiya ku-2006 ukuyohlangana no-Nice, inzalo yalowo Stasia ophuphayo owayebhekene nesiphetho sakhe. Isikhathi esiphakathi kwezimpilo zika-Stasia kanye ne-Nice sibonwa njengesigcawu esigcwele izindaba ezithokozisayo, izimfihlakalo nomuzwa wecala.
Kuhlale kukhona i-trigger egcina ixhumanisa ibhizinisi elingaqediwe lomndeni. Ngoba kubalulekile ukwakha umlando womuntu ukuze uqhubekele phambili ngaphandle komthwalo. Leso sishoshovu sigcina singumshana kaNice, intombazane ehlubukayo okuthiwa uBrilka enquma ukubalekela impilo yayo ecindezelwayo ukuze ilahleke kunoma iyiphi enye indawo eYurophu ezwakala njengesimanjemanje, amathuba kanye noshintsho lwempilo.
Ngenxa yalokhu kusesha i-Brilka okubandakanya ngokuphelele i-Nice, singena kulokhu kuqanjwa kabusha okubalulekile ethunzini lemimoya yayizolo. I-tragicomedy eletha ngokuqinisekile lokho kukhanya okuyimpumputhe kweqiniso lakudala kakhulu lase-Russian elinomzwelo weminye imibono yemibhalo ecwiliswe empeleni kuphela ogwini lwamanye ama-latitudes ombhalo.
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